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Kid Mac Shows Us The ‘Good Life’
October 30, 2020 | Victoria Jenkins
TCI caught up with Macario De Souza, AKA Kid Mac, to chat about his new single ‘Good Life’ and it’s cinematic, self-directed, music video.
OrderSixty6 Doesn’t Have A Ceiling
September 21, 2020 | Charles Lawson
As 2020 Queensland Music Awards Finalists OrderSixty6 are gearing up for their performance at Brisbane Festival, I had the opportunity to sit down with the group and discuss their motivations and their processes as an artist collective.
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KMAY: Healing and Mayham
May 27, 2020 | Charles Lawson
KMAY is a Producer, Events Manager, Graphic Designer, Photographer and Hip Hop artist. I first met KMAY roughly three years ago, through a Facebook chat and a mutual interest in Hip Hop.
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Butterfingers Break it Down
March 31, 2019 | Harry Wallace
We catch up with the Aussie Rap’s musical misfits just before their massive new tour, and they give us the lowdown on the band’s exciting second wind. Read More
Hip Hop Artist KG Tells Us Five Things That Need To Change About Australia
October 2, 2018 | Taylor Furby
Canberra’s KG released his latest single ‘Change’ last month and it holds a powerful message. Read More
Jesswar Discusses Her Latest Single and Next Year
December 13, 2017 | Taylor Furby
Jess Warthe, better known as Jesswar, is dominating Brisbane’s hip hop scene. Read More
INTERVIEW: ILLY RAPS REGIONAL
August 29, 2017 | Katy Bedford
Last week we caught up with Australia’s hip-hop hero ILLY ahead of his Two Degrees Regional Tour! Pumping out music faster than he can spit a beat, this 2016 album is in fact his 5th studio album.
360 and Martin McKenna’s spin on the Real World
June 15, 2016 | Ashleigh Hopping
It’s Thursday afternoon, finally a little warm at the Tryp Hotel in Fortitude Valley, and I’m thrilled to be sitting down with two guys for whom I have a lot of respect. Director/writer Martin McKenna and Matt Colwell are in Brisbane to showcase their debut foray into the realm of feature films: Is This The Real World.
Do It If You Dare: An Interview with Gallu$
January 23, 2016 | Michelle Zhu
Gallu$ is an up-and-coming artist from Brisbane who is not afraid to be his true genuine self. Read More
REVIEW: Straight Outta Compton
September 13, 2015 | Michelle Zhu
Straight Outta Compton is a movie about one of the greatest stories of the music revolution. It is two and a half glorious hours detailing the stories of five of the most notoriously respected rappers in hip-hop history, Compton’s very own N.W.A. There’s even a sneaky car chase. What more could you want?
Brisbane’s Best R’n’B Nightclubs
January 21, 2015 | Melinda Lyons
Now that Magic City has closed its doors forever at the Church, read below to discover what nightclubs Creative Drinks has complied as the best R’n’B Clubs in Brisbane.
Slamming It!
August 3, 2013 | Kerstin
Everyday Australians will soon to take to the stage at the Queensland State Library to compete in the second Brisbane heat of the 2013 Australian Poetry Slam.
“Poetry is supposed to be spoken out loud,†explains … Read More